Let's quickly acknowledge a sticky problem with The Jazz Giants Play Jerome Kern--one the compiler may have been unaware of, involved as he was in the intricacies of archiving, sequencing, timing, and such, but which the purely pleasure-seeking listener will have a hard time avoiding. Namely, how can you appreciate the depth and awesome breadth of the 14 tracks assembled here when you're unable to get past number one?
–from the liner notes by Lloyd Sachs